New-2014 Matters of Record

January 2014

Featured Stories
Legal recognition—same-sex marriages
Updating place of birth
OVERS assistance now available for hospital birth certifiers
Hospital performance reports update
Fetal death case study
Contact information
Just for midwives

March 2014

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Letter from the State Registrar
FAQs: Veterans’-use-only certified copies
House Bill 2093 and medical certifiers from bordering states
24-hour notice of receipt of body
Short form death records
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April 2014

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Changes to vital records law and rules
Place of birth and attendant when baby is born at homeostat needs to be spelled out in address fields
Tidbits of statistics
Just for midwives

May 2014

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Release of information

Out of state funeral homes and Oregon death records

Paternity establishment for married mothers

Live birth verification for home births without a licensed attendant

County Vital Records orders and use of OVERS

Revising County Vital Records order forms

Adding to the communication tool box - county webinars

Update county web pages

Email addresses

July 2014

ERRATA: Paternity rights article is no longer accurate. The YouTube video links provided are out of date. Please see our Paternity page for current recommended practices.

Featured Stories
Fetal death disposition permits
Attendant reporting for C-section births
Efficient electronic amendments
Helpful information for phone messages or emails
Vital records order forms
"Parent/Parent” birth certificates available to recognize same-sex marriages
Paternity rights and responsibilities - update(See note at left for article update)Paternity establishment percentage updateable 2997 mandatory midwife licensing and birth records

August 2014

Featured Stories
How the ODVA can help families
Importance of properly completing the veterans’ combat status and combat zone questions
Submitting a death record with unknown information
Efficient electronic amendments
Burial tags

November 2014

Featured Stories
Birth and fetal death certificates: now with fewer items!
Only cigarettes count now
Timely registration: Life happens, and it can’t wait
Confidentiality of passwords
Vital records work - meet the team
What classifies as a “home birth?”
New procedure: new & custom birth worksheets
Important new procedure: social security enumeration at birth requests